OK, 1 lock was working before I touched it, and the kids say it has been working for a long time, so I left it be. Two of the three broken ones were repaired with the new motors. The drivers side one broke internally while I was either taking it apart or putting it together (I was being neither slow...

Ancient thread, I know, but for people searching going forward... Our 2009 had all four locks dead at this point. If you pull out the actuator, you can take get it far enough apart to pull out the little DC motor, and replace just that, for about $4 (they have them on amazon). Several youtube videos...

Got the wrench and got the car back for a visit from college. With the box end 23mm wrench, I could fairly easily get the upper bolt out. The lower bolt had interference from the cases (why they gotta be like that?). But a couple of minutes on the grinder to make the outside walls of that closed end...

Just got a 2009 AWD 2.4 and found out the power locks don't work correctly. I promise I searched, and I am suspecting the "integration relay" (Toyota name) / "multifunction module" (GM name). The only thing that may not make sense is that the rear hatch lock does work right, it i...

Hello, new member, dusting off a few old threads here. We just got a new to us sliver 2009 Vibe AWD 2.4L in Silver with just under 100k miles on it. My college age daughter will be driving it. Paid $10k for it, and was happy to find a solid car in very good cosmetic and mechanical shape for that (do...